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Residents fight route
School board petition begins No challengers yet in Hayden, South Routt Jack Weinstein
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In recent years, races for Hayden and South Routt school boards have seen little competition. In the first week of the petition period, which began Wednesday, it appears the upcoming Nov. 3 election may be no different. Four seats are up for grabs on each Hoza board. Thus far, only incumbents have expressed interest in holding on to their positions. In Hayden, open seats include those occupied by Frentress Board President Brian Hoza, Kurt Frentress, Patty Bruchez and Vance Fulton. In South Routt, the seats of John McCollum, Gena Hange, Willie Smith and Joel Harris will be up for election. State law requires that any interested candidate must be a resident of the district he or she will vie to represent for 12 consecutive months before the election. A candidate must have a nomination petition signed by at least 25 registered voters living within the boundaries of the school district, and only one person is allowed to circulate a petition. Petitions can be picked up from each district’s election official — Jnl Linsacum in Hayden and Lori Lombardi in South Routt — in their respective administration building. Petitions are due back to Linsacum and Lombardi by 4 p.m. Aug. 28. In Hayden, Frentress and Fulton confirmed they will run. “I just want to keep concentrating on things that are important to our School District, See Elections, page 7A
‘Victory Highway’ a misnomer to West Acres habitants Tom Ross
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After losing their home in Westland Mobile Home Park to redevelopment in 2006, Aimee Weekslynn and Stuart Lynn thought they had found a refuge with a new trailer in West Acres Mobile Home Park. Instead, they find themselves caught up in a court case that could decide whether the calm neighborhood
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Ken and Terri Carpenter fear that summer evenings on their new patio won’t be the same if the New Victory Highway carries traffic just across their fenceline in a desgnated greenbelt.
they share with 91 neighbors will be transformed by a pair of roads the city of Steamboat Springs seeks to build through their dedicated greenbelts. “What do I have to do? Move to Idaho?” Lynn asked this week. Weekslynn and Lynn and their neighbors said they are
angry. They think the beautiful summer evenings they enjoy would be shattered if the New Victory Highway and an extension of Abbey Road are built through the greenbelts of their 30-year-old neighborhood. West Acres is tucked out of sight on the city’s far west side. Steamboat residents who don’t visit friends there may not be aware of its existence. But it’s home to more than 90 families. See West Acres, page 9A
Night to fight for a cure About 550 people walk in Relay For Life, raising more than $165,000
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racelets and mint water were keys to fundraising success for 9-yearold Jordyn Hetrick. Jordyn raised more money than any other youth for Steamboat Springs’ American Society STORY BY Cancer Relay For Life. BLYTHE She brought $1,058 by eTERRELL in mailing people, asking for donations, and selling mint water and jewelry in her driveway. Bringing in that much dough was tough, Jordyn said at the closing ceremony for Relay For Life on Saturday morning. “Sitting outside was hard because it was hot, and nobody was out,” she said. But raise the money she did. Jordyn has walked in three Relays now to support her father, Scott, a Steamboat Springs firefighter and cancer survivor. Scott Hetrick, his wife, Laura, and Jordyn were among about 550 people who
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Seven-year-old Annika Belshaw, right, sets up luminaries with Steamboat Springs resident Sarah Peed on Friday during the Relay For Life event in Steamboat.
walked in this year’s Relay on Friday night and Saturday morning. Scott Hetrick said he thought it was important to teach children such as his daughter about helping others. “It’s touched us,” he said about cancer. “It’s touched
fourth annual Relay raised $165,385.43 to help find a cure for cancer. That’s about $40,000 less than last year, when the event raised $205,700, finance co-chairman Marvin Lindsey said. The 2007 Relay raised $192,000. “It’s been a tough year
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her, and I think it’s important to know there’s a way to help, and it’s a great avenue to beat this once and for all.” Participants at Steamboat’s
everywhere, so we’re really pleased with it,” Lindsey said. Event co-chairwoman Linda Jackson said most people who helped in the past helped again, even if they had to cut back their contributions. See Relay For Life, page 8A
Steamboat 700 water issues complicated City’s agreement with developer pales in comparison to Minturn requirement Brandon Gee
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Water has proved to be a contentious issue — as it always does in the West — between the city of Steamboat Springs and Steamboat 700. Steamboat Springs City CounJOHN F. RUSSELL/STAFF As part of its water agreement with Steamboat 700, the city of Steamboat cil is nearing a vote this fall on whether to annex the proposed Springs will perfect water rights it owns in Stagecoach Reservoir. PAGE DESIGNED BY AMANDA MAIN
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As it stands, the city will require Steamboat 700 to pay $960,000 during two years to firm up existing but unused water rights the city holds in Fish Creek, Stagecoach Reservoir and the Elk River. The city will spend the money on preliminary legal and engineering work required to ultimately bring an additional 966 acre-feet of water — the estimated amount
needed to serve the development — into the city’s system. Bennett decries that council has voted not to require Steamboat 700 to bring new, “wet” water rights to the table. He said that decision is “unfair to citizens of Old Town and unheard of in contemporary annexations.”
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development that could include as many as 2,000 homes during a 20-year build-out. At least one candidate in this year’s City Council election, former City Council President Kevin Bennett, is accusing council members of encouraging “growth without water,” while the developers think they are paying more than is necessary and that they have been misled at every turn.
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